Japanese Launch Details for Xbox One Revealed

SKU, launch lineup, pricing, everything.

The Xbox One (finally) launches in Japan later this year, meaning all three major consoles of this generation will finally be available in the country then. Microsoft knows it’s playing catch up with the other two consoles in the region, so they have prepared what might be the most extensive launch plans for Japan in the history of the Xbox brand.

For starters, the Xbox One will be sold in Japan in three flavors- the full bundle includes the console, the Kinect sensor, and Kinect Sports Rivals and Titanfall included, and it retails for 50,000 Yen. Cheaper variants include one that comes with the console and the Kinect, but no games, and one that comes with just the console, with the latter retailing for 40,000 Yen, making it competitive there with the PS4, that also goes for the same price.

In addition, Microsoft revealed the full launch lineup for Japan- because they have the benefit of launching a year later there after launching everywhere else, they’ve been able t0 prepare an impressive list of games:

Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes

Titanfall

Need for Speed Rivals

Battlefield 4

FIFA 14

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare

Strider

Musou Orochi 2 Ultimate

Onigiri

Call of Duty: Ghosts

Thief

Tomb Raider

Wolfenstein: The New Order

Killer Instinct

Murdered: Soul Suspect

Zumba Fitness World Party

Crimson Dragon

Dead Rising 3

Kinect Sports Rivals

Zoo Tycoon

Powerstar Golf

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag

Child of Light

Thief

Halo: Spartan Assault

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood

Ryse: Son of Rome

LocoCycle

Forza Motorsport 5

The biggest issue there is that very few, if any, of the announced games will actually appeal to Japanese audiences (and those that potentially might have been available on other systems for a fair bit now). Then again, that is also a problem endemic to the PlayStation 4 (leading to the console now being routinely outsold by the Wii U in the weekly sales charts for the region).